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OPINION

LETTER: Liberals creating ‘us against them’ atmosphere

Published 4:35 p.m. ET May 15, 2017

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Rep. Rod Blum, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, Thursday, in Marshalltown, Iowa. Blum tried to reassure Iowans fearful of losing health coverage that the House GOP bill is just a “tweak of Obamacare.”(Photo: AP)

Iowa Congressman Rod Blum was ambushed by a news reporter and later at a town hall meeting May 8 regarding his vote on the health bill. It is amazing that virtually all of these media stories and town hall “eruptions” have to do with Republicans. I haven’t read about all the wacky views of people like Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi or Al Franken.

A lot of us understand that the liberals control the media and, as such, have influence on the large percentage of people who accept the stories run by the media as gospel. That really hasn’t changed much in recent years.

But what has changed is that the media and their progressive friends are now creating an “us against them” attitude in their followers. It’s not enough anymore to disagree politically. They must demonize conservatives. This, obviously, takes away any chance of progress and putting the country first.

When we are polarized, there is no room for comprimise and everyone gets hurt.